#C4A53D#C4A53D

#C4A53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A53D
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 0.03, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 55.91, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0048 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.126 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0643, 38.9851, 9.9866)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A53D #3D5CC4

analogous

#C4613D #C4A53D #A0C43D

triadic

#C4A53D #3DC4A5 #A53DC4

tetradic

#C4A53D #3DC461 #3D5CC4 #C43DA0

square

#C4A53D #3DC461 #3D5CC4 #C43DA0

split-complementary

#C4A53D #3DA0C4 #613DC4

monochromatic

#67571F #967E2E #C4A53D #D2BB6C #E1D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C4A53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A53D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A53D	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf78',
    500: '#c4a53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a53d;
$custom-light: #dabf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A53D

secondary

#909ECD

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A53D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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